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Richard John KASTEN
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Source : Arnaud Gaté & usafdo (Ellen MArchese) | ||||||
| NUMBER OF SERVICE | O 683831 | |||||
| AGE | 24 yo | |||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 27 July 1919 Grand Rapids, Kent County, MICHIGAN | |||||
| ENLISTMENT STATE | MICHIGAN | |||||
| FAMILY | Parents : John Vinke KASTEN | |||||
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| FONCTION | Navigator | |||||
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| SQUADRON | 68th Bomber Squadron | |||||
| GROUP | 44th Bomber Group (Heavy) | |||||
| ARMY | 8th Air Force | |||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 21 January 1944 |
Source : F Lavernhe | ||||
| STATUS | KIA | |||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Lignieres-Chatelain, Departement de la Somme | |||||
| PLAN DE VOL / FLIGHT PLAN |
B-24 Liberator - type E--FO - s/n 42-7635 WQ*Q Cercle-A "Ram-It-Dam'it"
Macr : 2357 Mission : Rampes de lancement V1 (Vergeltungswaffe ) Décollage 11h00 station 115 Shipdham, Norfolk Abattu par chasseurs Messerschmitt Bf109 Bf109 à 15h18 - Avion évacué partiellement - Explose en touchant le sol | |||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville | |||||
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Source : DWBF ✞ | Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta, Kalamazoo County, MICHIGAN | |||||
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Source : Lakegirl! | ||||||
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Source : Frogman | ||||||
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Source : Frogman | ||||||
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Source : usafdo | ||||||
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Crew of B-24 Liberator - type E--FO - s/n 42-7635 WQ*Q Cercle-A"Ram-It-Dam'it"
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| 1Lt | Hartwell Riley | HOWINGTON | Pilot | Dead | Barrancas Nat Cem. 4.6 Pensacola, Florida | O-800356 - 27 ans - Né 17/04/1917 - Cantonment, Florida - Parachute in flames - Originally buried in Poix-de-Picardie |
| 1Lt | Herman M | CURTIS | CoPilot | Dead | MIA | O-748585 - AM+1 - 22 ans - Né le 19/11/1921 - Searsport, Maine - Killed by 20mm shells during the attack |
| 1Lt | Richard John KASTEN | Navigator | Dead | Le corps sera ré-inhumé à Battle Creek, Michigan | O-683831 - AM+1/PH - Né en 1919 - Grand Rapids, Michigan - Initially buried under X-411 in Suresnes - Found in 2019 and identified in March 2024 by the 'Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency for Prisoners of War and Missing in Combat' DPAA | |
| 1Lt | Wayne D | CROWL | Bomber | Dead | Lock Cem. Ohio | O-741141 - 26 ans - Né le 30/07/1917 - Fils de Forest L et Ethel H Crowl - Centerburg, Ohio USA - Killed during the 1st in-flight explosion |
| T/Sgt | Alvin Alfred | Rosenblatt | Radio/Gunner | escaped | 12164582 - AM - Né le 19/06/1923 - Newark, New Jersey - Evasion réseau Marie-Odile Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar/Casablanca | |
| T/Sgt | Archie R | BARLOW | Mechanic/Gunner | escaped | 14151313 - AM - Né le 22/02/1923 - Hattiesburg, Mississippi - Evasion réseau Marie-Odile Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar | |
| S/Sgt | Nicholas M | HEITER | Gunner | prisoner | 17106849 - Né 05/11/1921 - Bridgewater, South Dakota - Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia Bavaria | |
| S/Sgt | Charles Wright | BLAKLEY | Gunner | escaped | 39831745 - AM/PH - Né le 24/11/1921 - Parma, Idaho - Evasion réseau Marie-Odile Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar | |
| Sgt | Alfred M | KLEIN | Gunner | escaped | 32337637 - Né le 04/09/1916 - New York City, New Jersey - Evasion réseau Marie-Odile Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar | |
| S/Sgt | Earl E | BOGGS | Gunner | prisoner | 18162569 - Porter, Oklahoma - Hospitalisé puis Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow | |
| T/Sgt | Ray P | REEVES | Photographer | escaped | 18076981 - DFC/AM+2 - Né le 06/04/1922 - Alanreed, Texas - Evasion réseau Comete Pyrenees/Espagne/Gibraltar | |
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| SOURCE INFORMATION & SOURCE PHOTO | Francecrashes39-45.net - Findagrave.com - Weremember.abmc.gov - Findagrave.com - Arnaud Gaté |
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| REDACTEURS | Victor, Jean-Philippe, Eric, Henri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud |